UN expert lauds M'sia's leadership on Myanmar issue

The United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Thomas Andrews, had praised Foreign Minister Saifuddin Abdullah’s call to put Asean’s five-point consensus into action.

He said Saifuddin had urged Asean to move from a policy of “non-interference” to, in his words, one of “non-indifference.”

Andrews said Malaysia has...